From 372621879ff0eed709bfbfe07b0d85ab1eb3ecb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: srosse <none@none>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 12:33:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] OO-3412	: add README in Markdown, .gitignore and
 rename the LICENSE file

---
 .gitignore             | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 INSTALL.README         |  2 +-
 LICENSE.TXT => LICENSE |  0
 README.md              |  9 +++++++++
 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore
 rename LICENSE.TXT => LICENSE (100%)
 create mode 100644 README.md

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15c7af78fb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+.classpath
+/.project
+/.settings
+*/target
+*.sw?
+*/.classpath
+*/.project
+*/.settings/*
+*/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
+*/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+*/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
+*/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+*/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
+*/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.*
+*/.settings/org.sonarlint.*
+*/.settings/.jsdtscope
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/INSTALL.README b/INSTALL.README
index c420eb9203b..e8250f3bcbe 100644
--- a/INSTALL.README
+++ b/INSTALL.README
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Please refer to the HTML documentation available at http://www.openolat.org
 
 2. Licensing
 ----------------------
-With regard to licensing and copyright please refer to the file LICENSE.TXT and NOTICE.TXT
+With regard to licensing and copyright please refer to the file LICENSE and NOTICE.TXT
 
 
 3. Contact information
diff --git a/LICENSE.TXT b/LICENSE
similarity index 100%
rename from LICENSE.TXT
rename to LICENSE
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff8804e225f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# OpenOLAT
+
+<a href="https://www.openolat.org"><img src="src/main/webapp/static/images/openolat/openolat_logo_72.png" align="left" hspace="10" vspace="6"></a>
+
+ **OpenOLAT** is a web-based e-learning platform for teaching, learning, assessment and communication, an LMS, a learning management system. OpenOLAT impresses with its simple and intuitive operation.
+
+A sophisticated modular toolkit provides course authors with a wide range of didactic possibilities. Each OpenOLAT installation can be individually extended, adapted to organizational needs, and integrated into existing IT infrastructures. The architecture is designed for minimal resource consumption, scalability and security in order to guarantee high system reliability.
+
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
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